THEME EXPLORATION

detective work

25 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes
2009 · Guy Ritchie

Fear City
1984 · Abel Ferrara

Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction

Tom Cat Holmes' Deduction
1996 · Nobuhiko Obayashi

Hammett
1982 · Wim Wenders

M
1931 · Fritz Lang

Black Girl
1966 · Ousmane Sembène

Untitled
2019 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

35 rhums
2008 · Claire Denis

Much Loved
2015 · Nabil Ayouch

Murder, My Sweet

Murder, My Sweet
1944 · Edward Dmytryk

The Marginal Ones

The Marginal Ones
1978 · Mrinal Sen

Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway

Detective Conan: Fallen Angel of the Highway
2026 · Takahiro Hasui

Vertigo
1963 · Yannis Dalianidis

Smart Working
2026 · Svevo Moltrasio

Angel
2007 · François Ozon

Black Robe
1991 · Bruce Beresford

Blood Orange
1953 · Terence Fisher

Chung Kuo Cina
1972 · Michelangelo Antonioni

Crimes of Passion

Crimes of Passion
1984 · Ken Russell

Eyes in the Night

Eyes in the Night
1942 · Fred Zinnemann

Fårö-dokument
1979 · Ingmar Bergman

Fruit Punch
1991 · Clara Law

Geu-hu
2017 · Hong Sang-soo

Ramkinkar Baij
1975 · Ritwik Ghatak

Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death
1989 · Alfonso Cuarón

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

David Fincher USA

His meticulous visual style and obsessive narratives in films like Zodiac and Se7en transform detective work into a psychological descent that mirrors the audience's own investigative engagement.

Akira Kurosawa Japan

Rashomon fundamentally explores detective work by presenting multiple contradictory perspectives on a crime, questioning the very possibility of uncovering objective truth.